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New Zealand is facing the possibility of a state of emergency as the aftermath of Cyclone Gabrielle leaves tens of thousands of households without power, with more difficulties expected as the storm heads south. The cyclone, first spotted in the Coral Sea a week ago, has reached about 200 kilometers northeast of Auckland and is …
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In addition to providing historical weather observations and weather forecast data, the Weather API also provides astronomical information. This astronomical information includes sunset, sunrise and moon phase data. Why is astronomical information useful? Sunset, sunrise and moon information goes hand-in-hand with weather data in many use cases. The information can help answer some basic questions: …
As C# is still a key language used to build powerful applications both inside the .NET Framework and beyond, it is natural that C# developers would want to load weather data into their applications. Luckily, C#’s built-in functions make it easy to compose and execute web queries and also easy parse the JSON results into …
We offer solar radiation data in both our 15-day forecast and historical observations datasets as well as a solar component dataset in our Advanced Energy package. Both can be included in Weather API requests, viewed directly in the browser or downloaded as a CSV or Microsoft Excel format file. This document focuses on the general …
Learn to use a RESTful URL-based Weather API to load weather forecast data into a simple Java application.
Downloading historical weather data for multiple locations provides a fast and simple way to enrich your business data in Tableau Desktop with relevant weather parameters to analyze their impact. This article shows the necessary steps to quickly and easily generate the weather data for any location of the world and how to load it into …
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On Saturday, the Northeastern US experienced life-threatening conditions due to a deadly combination of record-low temperatures and strong winds. Currently, the Northeastern United States is dealing with severely chilly weather. Low wind chills and below-freezing temperatures have prompted warnings from the National Weather Service in several regions. To help residents who are affected by the …
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Visual Crossing is a superior replacement for the OpenWeatherMap API (also known as the OpenWeather API) in both cost and functionality. By offering up to 1000 free results a day and full access to forecast historical data, Visual Crossing Weather makes it easy for everyone to test the API, compare data, evaluate extended weather functionality, …
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This article shows how to easily load weather forecast data into Google sheets. It will walk through the process step-by-step showing how to construct the query in Visual Crossing Weather and then use the query URL to import the weather results into Google Sheets. Also see the companion article that discusses importing historical weather data …
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Historical cloud cover and visibility data are useful weather measures that are needed in various transportation, business, and recreational activities. Whether you are looking for cloud data to analyze solar panel performance, manage air travel, or determine the best places and nights for stargazing, a weather data service such as Visual Crossing Weather can provide …
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